Improved fastening for horse-powers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ROSS, OF HARTLAND, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVED FASTENING FOR HORSE-POWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,421, dated August 4, 1863.

To all w/Lom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES Ross, of Hartland, in the county of Livingston and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Device for Fastening Horse-Powers; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan o'r top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views. l

The object ot' this invention is a device intended to secure the bed-pieces or foundation of a horsepower firmly down upon the ground in any place where it is desired to use the power.

The invention consists in the arrangement of curved iron arms provided with loops or spurs at or near one end, with flat plates at the other end, in combination with suitable keys or wedges in such a manner that said iron arms can be readily secured to the bedpieces ofa horse-power, and also in the ground, and that by these means the foundation of the power is rmly fastened and retained in the desired spot.

To enable others skilled in the art to' make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A A represent the bed pieces, which form the foundation of a horsepower, and which may be made of wood or any other suitable material. One or both of these pieces are provided with lugs a, which are firmly screwed down on their surface near to the end, at such a distance apart that they form sockets to receive the arms B B. These arms are made of iron or any other suitable material, and they are secured between the lugs a by pins b,pass ing` through holes in the upper parts of the said lugs. C C are at plates of sheet metal, or other suitable material, which are firmly riveted, or otherwise fastened to the ends of the arms B, and loops or spurs c project from the under sides ot' the arms.

1n order to tasten the bed-pieces A Ato the ground, I adjust them in the desired place, take the iron arms B B, place their ends into the sockets formed by the lugs a, and mark where the foot or plate C strikes the ground. I then set the arm on one side, dig a holeinto the ground at the place marked for the plate, tapering downward, about twelve inches Wide on the top and six on thebottom, the depth and length being made to correspond t0 the plate C. The arm B is then replaced, its inner end secured to the bedpiece, and the plate C dropped into the hole in the ground and secured by ramming the dirt in as firmly as possible. To make it still more firm, I take a maul and drive on the end ofthe iron arm that projects over the bed-piece ot' the horsepower, rst striking the end of the arm, then the wedge d, which is inserted into the loop or spur c, as shown in the drawings, until the desired rmness is attained.

By my device one man will be enabled to fasten a horse-power beyond the possibility ofits moving out ofplacein about ten minutes, (more or less,) whereas it now takes two men from thirty to forty-tive minutes to stake the power.

This device is particularlyv intended for fastening horse-powers, but it may also be used with advantage for fastening capstans, windlasses, and other similar contrivances.

What I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The employment or use ofthe arms B with spurs c and plates or feet C, in combination with the bed-pieces A of a horse-power or other contrivance, applied and operating in the manner and t'or the purpose substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES ROSS.

Witnesses:

E. A. HUBBELL, CLARA HUBBELL. 

